S.I. No. 36/1974 -- Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) Order, 1974.
S.I. No. 36/1974 -- Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) Order, 1974.
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S.I. No. 36/1974:
CONTINENTAL SHELF (DESIGNATED AREAS) ORDER, 1974.
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CONTINENTAL SHELF (DESIGNATED AREAS) ORDER, 1974.
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The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2 (3) of the Continental Shelf Act, 1968 (No. 14 of 1968), hereby order as follows:
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1. This Order may be cited as the Continental Shelf (Designated Areas) Order, 1974.
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2. The areas set out in the Schedule to this Order are hereby designated as areas within which the rights of the State outside the territorial seas over the sea bed and subsoil for the purpose of exploring such sea bed and subsoil and exploiting their natural resources may be exercised.
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SCHEDULE.
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| 1. The area bounded by a line joining the following co-ordinates: |
| (1) |
56°00’N |
9°24’W |
| (2) |
56°00’N |
9°48’W |
| (3) |
55°40’N |
9°48’W |
| (4) |
55°40’N |
10°24’W |
| (5) |
55°20’N |
10°24’W |
| (6) |
55°20’N |
10°48’W |
| (7) |
54°50’N |
10°48’W |
| (8) |
54°50’N |
11°12’W |
| (9) |
54°40’N |
11°12’W |
| (10) |
54°40’N |
11°24’W |
| (11) |
54°30’N |
11°24’W |
| (12) |
54°30’N |
12°00’W |
| (13) |
54°20’N |
12°00’W |
| (14) |
54°20’N |
12°12’W |
| (15) |
54°10’N |
12°12’W |
| (16) |
54°10’N |
13°36’W |
| (17) |
54°00’N |
13°36’W |
| (18) |
54°00’N |
11°00’W |
| (19) |
54°40’N |
11°00’W |
| (20) |
54°40’N |
10°24’W |
| (21) |
55°00’N |
10°24’W |
| (22) |
55°00’N |
10°12’W |
| (23) |
55°20’N |
10°12’W |
| (24) |
55°20’N |
9°36’W |
| (25) |
55°50’N |
9°36’W |
| (26) |
55°50’N |
9°24’W |
| (27) |
56°00’N |
9°24’W |
| 2. The area bounded by a line joining the following co-ordinates: |
| (1) |
54°00’N |
13°36’W |
| (2) |
54°00’N |
14°24’W |
| (3) |
53°50’N |
14°24’W |
| (4) |
53°50’N |
14°36’W |
| (5) |
53°40’N |
14°36’W |
| (6) |
53°40’N |
14°48’W |
| (7) |
53°30’N |
14°48’W |
| (8) |
53°30’N |
15°00’W |
| (9) |
53°20’N |
15°00’W |
| (10) |
53°20’N |
15°12’W |
| (11) |
53°10’N |
15°12’W |
| (12) |
53°10’N |
15°24’W |
| (13) |
51°00’N |
15°24’W |
| (14) |
51°00’N |
15°00’W |
| (15) |
50°50’N |
15°00’W |
| (16) |
50°50’N |
14°36’W |
| (17) |
50°30’N |
14°36’W |
| (18) |
50°30’N |
14°24'’W |
| (19) |
50°20’N |
14°24’W |
| (20) |
50°20’N |
14°12’W |
| (21) |
50°10’N |
14°12’W |
| (22) |
50°10’N |
14°00’W |
| (23) |
50°00’N |
14°00’W |
| (24) |
50°00’N |
13°48’W |
| (25) |
49°50’N |
13°48’W |
| (26) |
49°50’N |
13°36’W |
| (27) |
49°20’N |
13°36’W |
| (28) |
49°20’N |
13°24’W |
| (29) |
49°10’N |
13°24’W |
| (30) |
49°10’N |
13°12’W |
| (31) |
49°00’N |
13°12’W |
| (32) |
49°00’N |
13°00’W |
| (33) |
48°50’N |
13°00’W |
| (34) |
48°50’N |
12°36’W |
| (35) |
48°40’N |
12°36’W |
| (36) |
48°40’N |
11°48’W |
| (37) |
48°50’N |
11°48’W |
| (38) |
48°50’N |
11°36’W |
| (39) |
49°00’N |
11°36’W |
| (40) |
49°00’N |
11°00’W |
| (41) |
50°00’N |
11°00’W |
| (42) |
50°00’N |
12°00’W |
| (43) |
53°00’N |
12°00’W |
| (44) |
53°00’N |
13°36’W |
| (45) |
54°00’N |
13°36’W |
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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 15th day of
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February, 1974.
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LIAM MAC COSGAIR,
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Taoiseach.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE.
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This Order provides for the designation of certain areas in which the rights of the State in regard to the exploration and exploitation of the natural resources of the sea bed and subsoil of the continental shelf may be exercised.
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